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Also got round to getting this laser cut :



Fitted the LEDs to go with it :



& found some green plastic :



Have to get round to painting the Tell-tale back in Black now ...

Ciao, Bantum ...

Top work mate!

Laser cutting - I wouldn't even know where to start looking for that service!

I'm keen to see how these door cards turn out

Cheers

Bennie

Bantum wrote:Also got round to getting this laser cut :

Well that's one way to get a low range light! Very nice work, going above and beyond

BUT! there's an error! The factory low range light says "Lo" not "Low" !!!
Actually yours looks better, with the wheel diagrams as well.

And those door cards, I can tell those are going to be seriously nice Would you mind terribly if I copied them for my wagon? I'll pay royalties honest!!

Yeah, my thoughts were when I did the first draft ( which was same as the original ) that it didn't 'look right' + something was missing, so ended up making it slightly different with few tweaks that I wanted & made it look as if it came from factory ...

P.S - Added a few extra details to the headlight as well ( just in case you missed it ) ...

Painted the back in black :



& Peeled the cover to reveal :



I'll have to see how it turns out & post some more pictures when I get round to installing it ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Over the Christmas period I finally got round to start fixing the Steering Wheel Cover :









All have to do now is to finish hand stitching it ... :/
( read 'it takes forever' )

Cheers, Bantum ...

Found some spare doors :



Innards look ok :





All I have to do now is clean them up & swap them over ...

( read it may take a while )

Cheers, Bantum ...

Excellent score, GLF5 power window doors none the less!!

I love this:

First recent post: "hand stitching takes forever"
Most recent post straight after the first recent post: "found some spare doors".

So I guess the hand stitching of the steering wheel is done then??

Cheers

Bennie

Ha - Nah Bennie, I still need to do the fitting to the actual wheel ( there's been a hold up on the rubber underlay which needs fixing ) which might take a while ... :/

P.S. - added a few more shots of the process though ...

Yeah the doors were a total 'wow' find moment ... (I wasn't even looking for them ) So yeah as soon as I saw 'em, said 'yep I'll have those' ... :win:

Will post some more updates when I get round to it ...

Cheers, bantum ...

Sorry to report - Its been very slow in the 'working on this' department - As I've been sidetracked by health issues ( compressed disc L5 ) & will attempt to do some updates when I can ...

Have done some work on the gearbox - will post some updates on that later.

Also just went back through the thread & updated as many of the links as I could ... FU PB ... :/

Ciao, Bantum ...

Bit of a thread dig - I haven't done much in the last few months ( as I've been busy doing other things ) but did manage to pickup a few items :

Something for the rear end ...




A Drive Shaft ...



Some spare parts ...



& something else to do :



Oh & had to move shit ...

Hope to have somewhere to work on it soon ... :/

Ciao, Bantum ...

Ooh, nice rear end addition!

And going for a 5 speed?

Cheers

Bennie

Yep, I posted that up earlier :
showpost.php?p=236288&postcount=59

Have been slowly stripping it down / cleaning up & took it into get photographed as part of the R160 Locker Project ...




And front diff :




Plan is to take out the old Transmission & swap in this 5 speed ...


Note to Self - must remember to take some more photos next time ... :/


Bantum, Out ...

Sorry there's been a bit of a hiatus on the project ...

I haven't got round to doing much on Bantum due to several factors, will update this when I get round to it ...
( I'll also have to go back over old posts to update missing images etc . )

Did manage to pick a few items but :

Replacement windscreen : ( rubber is shot though )



and trims :



Cheers, Bantum ...

Had some of these made up :



More info here :
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipP ... Er_0o2Q3uL

& cleaned up the front grill :



Repaired & painted the endcaps :



Came out pretty good :



Haven't got round to doing much else ...

Made a box :



And stashed a few things in it ...
( As it will be sitting a while before much happens to it )

Also picked some old wheels to move it around the shed :



Plan is to referb the performance wheels later ...

Before Cronovirus struck, I was in the process of sourcing some bits for the Sidesteps :

Hardware :



Cleaned up some of the mounting holes :



And proceeded to locate them :



Drilled & bolted on the back :



Test fitted the front :



Didn't have to drill any holes, but the splash guard needs to be repaired / replaced, so made a template :



And test fitted it :



Then marked it out on some signage sheet I found :



& Cut out with jig saw :



That was far as I got when things shut down ... :/
( was not able to travel to site where ute is located )

Hope to pick up where I left it - when things go back to 'normal' ...

Looking good Bantum!

The first image in your post about the grille restoration isn’t working for me

I love those side skirts. Might have to one day look into what I can modify to fit my brumby...

Sorry to hear you can’t access your brumby with the current restrictions. That would be mega frustrating!

Keep up the good work!

Cheers

Bennie

Re-posted image for you Bennie ( will see if it holds )

Major hold up with fitting side skirts - Think I might have to 'deconstruct' the sub frame to strengthen it for the front mount ...



Still looking for a new place to move to ...

Ciao, Bantum ...

That grille looks mint.

And going back a long time now - those replacement doors were a real score, correct colour (enough to just do an external spray to colour match) and they appear to have power windows. Did you pull these from a coupe??

All the best with finding a new place. It can be very frustrating!

Cheers

Bennie